Instrumental, Piano Solos, Mazurkas, Scriabin (composer)
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Gugnin is a more than reliable guide to this repertoire. He responds eagerly to the special qualities of even the most modest piece. —
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he plays [the Mozart] with restraint, albeit micromanaging the music so that no phrase sounds the same twice...[in the Chopin] Sokolov ranges from introspective musing to his native Russian... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th January 2015
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Shura Cherkassky: The Complete 78rpm Recordings (1923-1950)
Shura Cherkassky (piano), Robert Lortat, Marcel Hubert, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Rachmilovich
APR’s is the most comprehensive single collection and has, by a country mile, the best annotation, booklet (Jonathan Summers) and transfers (Seth B Winner)...evidence, if it were needed, of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Archive Issue of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Horowitz: The Historic Return, Carnegie Hall 1965 & The 1966 Concerts
RecommendedVladimir Horowitz (piano)
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Grammy Awards, 8th Awards (1965), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 8th Awards (1965), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 8th Awards (1965), Classical Album of the Year
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This is music that demands pianism of superlative quality, and here Yevgeny Sudbin miraculously combines the volcanic intensity of Vladimir Horowitz with the cat-and-mouse tonal reflexes of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Classical Album of the Year
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Deutsche Grammophon caught his ecstatically received potpourri... on the wing. —
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Classical Album of the Year
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Melnikov’s control of texture, colour and mood rivals even the grand master, Horowitz. Outstanding. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, February 2022, Recommended Recording
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Scriabin’s Mazurkas have tended to be side-lined by his Preludes, Études and Sonatas, but they are little jewels, especially in Peter Jablonski’s hands. He’s helped by the warm, full tone of... —
